The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks.

Competency Based Learning 141

Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Report Advocacy 141

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

I’m deeply grateful for the support and collegiality of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation over this time, including for allowing me to attend this year’s annual OER meeting. Much of the discussion at the meeting focused on the many compelling benefits of OER adoption and use, including but not limited to cost savings.

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OER Instructional Materials Advocacy Meeting 170

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After a few hours, the elementary school called: Come pick up your son, they told her. One of the biggest problems that we have is kids that are missing and chronic absenteeism,” says Pamela Herd, a Georgetown University public policy professor. She had yet to register the youngest girl, who was entering kindergarten.

Policies 85

Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 85

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Moreover, children who are expelled in preschool or early elementary are 10 times more likely to be incarcerated. For me, meeting Maria during the pandemic led to the profound realization that we have for too long hammered the wrong nail in American education. Congress had been working on a historic investment in the early years.

Education 193

Education Survey Advocacy Outcomes 193

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2021

That year, 2019, the district changed its policies to allow Indigenous students to wear cultural items along with their caps and gowns. After the ceremony, I went out onto the field to meet my son, and he gave me a big hug,” Qassataq recalled last month. A staff member who was unaware of the new policy had confiscated Paoli’s cap. “I

Policies 145

Policies Advocacy Report System 145

eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

The initiative will include the development of collaborative strategies with school districts and educational leaders to enhance the number of PK-12 teachers to meet the needs of today’s students. . About Saint Louis University. Saint Louis University — located in St.

Advocacy 52

Advocacy Education Elementary Policies 52

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2019

The quote was by Charles “Tremendous” Jones , and the quote said, “The difference between who we are as a person today, and who we will be in five years is determined by the books we read and the people we meet.” Loud’s passions are technology integration in the elementary grades, along with teacher motivation.

How To 236

How To Twitter Moodle Elementary 236

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A majority of states have passed laws that mandate screening early elementary students for the most common reading disability, dyslexia, and countless districts train teachers how to recognize and teach struggling readers. Advocacy focused on math disabilities has been less widespread than that for reading disabilities.

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Report Training Elementary Strategy 135

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The model has shaped decades of policy regarding whose literacy is considered vital and worthy of extra help and investment—and whose is not. but the gap between the two scores didn’t meet the cutoff of 15 points, so the girl was not given appropriate reading services in her school. For the child, the results were wounding.

Learning 145

Learning Study Report Elementary 145

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2017

The quote was by Charles “Tremendous” Jones , and the quote said, “The difference between who we are as a person today, and who we will be in five years is determined by the books we read and the people we meet.”. Tom Loud is first grade teacher at Middlesettlements Elementary in Tennessee. I really became a student of success.

Twitter 259

Twitter Company Elementary Advocacy 259

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2023

Even with Bennett on board, it can be hard to meet the needs of all the kids and teachers in this low-income, rural district — especially since the pandemic. There’s a lot of trauma, and there are only so many hours in a day to meet with kids,” Bennett said. Since December, the U.S. The phone rings, interrupting the sharing.

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Training Meeting E-rate Groups 103

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In school-provided gloves and masks, they try to meet students and parents outside on front porches or at a neighborhood park to follow social distancing rules. Santiago-Diaz said sometimes they’ll send a private link via Google Meet to students who seem to be having trouble.

Technology 126

Technology Broadband Meeting Advocacy 126

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

It’s a chilly Wednesday in April at the end of his last-ever quarterly meeting with the district’s parent advisory committee. This story also appeared in Belt Magazine “You all know that I call your kids my kids, and they won’t stop being my kids,” Gordon says, wrapping up the meeting. He takes off his glasses, wipes his eyes.

Education 101

Education Report System Meeting 101

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In recent years, students have led climate marches, gun control rallies and walkouts protesting federal immigration policies and racial injustice. Now they are demanding a greater role in school policy and the decisions that shape their educations. Every year the group chooses an issue to focus on.

Kaplan 142

Kaplan Policies Report System 142

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2019

Particularly for educators in early and elementary education, they have a chance to set the course for how families imagine school and family connections. His research, teaching and policy interests include urban education, teacher education and the social context of education. Include young people in discourse and decision-making.

Advocacy 81

Advocacy Elementary Report Policies 81

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2022

At some point last school year, board meetings devolved into people shouting at district leaders to watch their backs. Security at meetings was increased. “I The recent surge of vitriol at public meetings, meanwhile, has made it difficult to recruit top talent when a new superintendent is needed. 28, 2021, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Meeting 145

Meeting Advocacy Report STEM 145

MindShift

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Even before COVID-19 , recent studies found that 93% of elementary school teachers and 94% of middle school teachers experience high stress. In March, Zayas volunteered to facilitate a teacher support group organized by Teach Plus Texas , an organization that trains teachers for policy leadership and advocacy.

Advocacy 48

Advocacy Groups Meeting Policies 48

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Overall, about 63 percent of virtual for-profit schools were rated unacceptable by their states in the latest year for which data was available, according to a May 2021 report by the University of Colorado’s National Education Policy Center (NEPC). Related : The pandemic’s remote learning legacy: A lot worth keeping. Stride Inc.,

E-rate 131

E-rate Pearson Company Report 131

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Faced with fast-changing instructional models, varying infection rates, decreasing revenue sources, and a variety of natural disasters, how can education finance officials meet the short-term needs of their districts as well as longer-term requirements? LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. This article was modified and published by eSchool News.

EdTech 97

EdTech Guidelines Policies Secondary 97

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2022

None of his behavior appears to fit on a list of predictors of violence — like talking about a school attack or trying to obtain a weapon — that appears in Colorado’s model school threat assessment policy. Peter Mosby is principal at Rock Ridge Elementary School in a suburb of Denver.

Assessment 110

Assessment Report Training Guidelines 110

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Not all districts have complied, said Dustin Rynders, a supervising attorney with the advocacy group Disability Rights Texas. “In The district has tried to complete portions of IEP evaluations remotely when possible and resumed face-to-face evaluation meetings in late August, she added. There’s nothing I can do to make this happen.”.

Education 133

Education Assessment Advocacy Report 133

edWeb.net

APRIL 14, 2021

Davis, Superintendent of Richland School District Two (SC), starts every meeting. To meet these goals, they start with the perspective of advocacy for all, especially BIPOC, high-poverty, LGBTQ, religious, and other populations within their schools. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. How are the children?”

Differentiated Instruction 84

Differentiated Instruction Professional Learning Meeting Advocacy 84

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The San Francisco Unified School District attendance policy stating that kids can attend a Zoom class “with or without camera on ” preserves student privacy at the cost of student engagement and teacher effectiveness, sacrificing the ability of all involved to live and respond in the moment. In other words, talk to the district.

Learning 135

Learning Advocacy Survey Report 135

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

We [didn’t] want this to be a Band-Aid fix,” said Jordan Mickens, a Leadership for Educational Equity public policy fellow who served as #OaklandUndivided’s project manager until August 2021. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. The homework gap isn’t new.

Digital Divide 113

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 113

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

They did not respond to questions about their policies regarding shortened school days, but said they followed state guidance. One Oregon advocacy organization reported receiving calls from nearly 280 parents about shortened school days from September 2016 to December 2018. Her education, her everything, matters, too.”.

Pearson 145

Pearson Education Learning Report 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Yet suspended elementary school students typically get one hour per day of academics and suspended middle and high school students get two, compared to five and five and a half hours, respectively, for students in school. And even if a district meets the number of mandatory hours, many students still fall behind, as Martinez did.

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Report Survey Data Comparison 100

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

In the summer of 2020, Talbott and her colleagues asked for a meeting with the charter school’s leaders to discuss racial justice at Lusher, one of the city’s most coveted for families and teachers alike; they also created an antiracism group for teachers. “A Yet she never contemplated leaving the classroom until the summer of 2020.

Report 144

Report Meeting Groups Data 144

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Only then can students, especially immigrant students and students of color, meet their potential and succeed in school and beyond. A decorated educator of 21 years, Monica has received honors and awards from a wide variety of organizations for her leadership, advocacy, and classroom instruction. ” You Can’t Look Away.

Strategy 40

Strategy Policies Advocacy Secondary 40

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A student leaps during a game at Horizons Elementary School. Florida and Rhode Island now mandate 20 minutes of recess time a day for elementary school students. At least we’re at the table now,” said Carly Wright, advocacy director for SHAPE. “It Related: The Science of Learning Column — When body beats mind in learning.

Exercises 106

Exercises Elementary Report Study 106

ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

When COVID-19 disrupted the traditional model , Commissioner Mike Morath and his team quickly created policies to help ensure students would not fall through the cracks. . A llow s elementary schools the flexibility to add additional instructional days (up to 210 days); . It also : .

Digital Divide 28

Digital Divide E-rate Laptops Assessment 28

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

were underfunded by $580 billion in federal dollars alone — money that was specifically targeted to support 30 million of our most vulnerable students,” says a new report published by the education advocacy nonprofit, the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools. “Between 2005 and 2017, public schools in the U.S.

Secondary 72

Secondary Report System Advocacy 72

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Once I was speaking in Virginia and some teachers told me I had to meet Pam, that she was a “teacher’s and student’s superintendent.” Date: January 15, 2018. Vicki: Pam Moran is a superintendent and leader in Virginia and someone who inspires me. I admire her so much so we are doing a multi part series with her.

Chromebook 190

Chromebook Study Company Assessment 190

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The quote was by Charles “Tremendous” Jones , and the quote said, “The difference between who we are as a person today, and who we will be in five years is determined by the books we read and the people we meet.”. Tom Loud is first-grade teacher at Middlesettlements Elementary in Tennessee. I really became a student of success.

Twitter 89

Twitter Flipped Classroom Elementary Advocacy 89

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

These students are increasingly the children of parents who helicoptered them through elementary, middle and high school or who didn’t go to college themselves and can’t provide much help with it. But for this generation, a surprising new problem is thwarting their success: too many choices. All of this takes a toll on graduation rates.

Course 129

Course Report Policies Study 129

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

But the annual celebrating of New York City’s feats ignores deeper differences, say educators and education policy experts, who contend that those upstate cities exist in an entirely different world. A hallway at Franklin Elementary school lined with tiny lockers and student art. Joseph Pirozzi at Franklin Elementary in Syracuse, N.Y.,

Common Core 40

Common Core Elementary Comparison Examples 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Kolleen Bouchane, Policy and Advocacy Director Turning Interests into Insights: Using Data Visualizations to Teach Global Issues - Ann Marie Gleeson, Ph.D., Join the movement to all children everywhere access to education.

Conference 71

Conference Education STEM Adobe 71

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

It is not good policy to keep Puerto Rico economically on a downturn in what feels like an endless loop of economic underperformance. It is not good policy to keep Puerto Rico economically on a downturn in what feels like an endless loop of economic underperformance,” said Aponte, who also served as U.S. Department of Education.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111